The prediction and validation of hover performance and detailed blade Loads

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0320041-03200412

  Schmitz, Sven ^a   Bhagwat, Mahendra ^b   Moulton, Marvin A ^b   Caradonna, Francis X ^b   Chattot, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD METHOD; DATA SETS; HYBRID COMPUTATIONAL; HYBRID METHOD; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PREDICTIVE ACCURACY; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES SOLVERS; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; SURFACE PRESSURES; TEST DATA IN; THRUST AND TORQUES; WAKE FLOW FIELD; WAKE TRAJECTORIES;

VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 69949135763     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.54.032004     Document Type: Article

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